09/12/2024
It was authored by over two dozen former presidents, prime ministers and diplomats from around the world.
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The Commission found that cannabis legalization had led to a reduction in illegal activity and better health outcomes.
“We’ve managed the control and consumption of a lot of dangerous substances, like to***co, alcohol, sugar…through information and so on, but not through prohibition,” Arbour said.
“I think history makes clear that people have searched forever for either mind-enhancer substances, or they look for things for pain control or just pure pleasure,” she added. “Prohibition clearly doesn’t work, nor does anything that would completely try to preclude people seeking access to these kinds of substances.”
“Drug use itself is not the issue. It has been a part of human societies for centuries. The real problem lies in how society responds to it.” By Manisha Krishnan, Filter The United States and Canada should fully decriminalize the use and possession of drugs rather than double down on a failed dr...
